Missing 12-year-old Northridge girl found with boyfriend, 17

A 12-year-old Northridge girl who was reported missing and last seen in Reseda on Saturday was located late Sunday at her boyfriend’s house in Canoga Park, police said Monday.

Guadalupe Regalado, 12, was taken into custody and turned over to child protective services Sunday night, said Sgt. David Madof of the Los Angeles Police Department’s West Valley Division. Madof could not say whether the girl had been returned to her family.

Regalado has run away “quite a few times” in the past, he said.

The boyfriend is 17 years old and lives in the 21000 block of Saticoy Street in Canoga Park, officials have said.

LAPD West Valley station had a two-officer unit assigned full time to work this case along with a supervisor. Every police and sheriff’s department in the region had been notified of the girl’s critically missing status, a designation given to her because of her age.